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this source open in a regional contact defined by the u.s. withdraw. 2008 the u.s. was in a really very strong position. nobody liked us, but they don't like us now either. but our actual power in the region was at an historic high water mark. they were collapsing from iraq to afghanistan. many situations just taking a pass on actively and syria being the number one. the other engagement involvement that we did pursue libya is not to recommend nation. i'm not sure the assad regime is going to lose. the ray nance will help the regime last a lot time. the russians and chinese will defend them internationally if not resupply them and at some point they'll go up, not down. you have a middle east where the u.s. has increased and blocks contending for power. the arabian, steering with great power sponsorship from russia and china in the sunni increasing phalluses part of the region which will maintain some sort of alliance with united case, but not one that will be able to direct as we have up to 2008. so this could turn into some name, a really ugly very rapidly. >> that
this source open in a regional contact defined by the u.s. withdraw. 2008 the u.s. was in a really very strong position. nobody liked us, but they don't like us now either. but our actual power in the region was at an historic high water mark. they were collapsing from iraq to afghanistan. many situations just taking a pass on actively and syria being the number one. the other engagement involvement that we did pursue libya is not to recommend nation. i'm not sure the assad regime is going to...
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we have 42,000 high schools in the u.s. 2100 teach ap computer science. if we do not look at our feeder network and what we are doing to bring more people in, to counsel them about the right choices, to let them know where the jobs are because once you are a senior in high school, it is too late. if you have not done the work, because you have the ability to solve problems, we will continue to have these challenges. >> thank you. it sounds like there is a lot of definite areas where we have a gap in what we are producing in terms of our college graduates and what is needed in terms of our economy, especially in the s.t.e.m. there are skills that you cannot forget. they are not mutually exclusive. i hope that is still otherwise we will have technical people who do not know how to talk to you about what they are doing. the common thread is information. the type of information that students need to make good decisions about going to college, where the jobs are, what majors may be useful, institutions giving you accurate information about what kind of jobs pe
we have 42,000 high schools in the u.s. 2100 teach ap computer science. if we do not look at our feeder network and what we are doing to bring more people in, to counsel them about the right choices, to let them know where the jobs are because once you are a senior in high school, it is too late. if you have not done the work, because you have the ability to solve problems, we will continue to have these challenges. >> thank you. it sounds like there is a lot of definite areas where we...
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u.s. your republican colleagues on the committee to join you, buy or -- you have asked your republican colleagues on the committee to join you -- why or why not? [inaudible] >> first of all, i did not ask members to join me because i am not advancing legislation here. it is not like i will call them up to be a co-sponsor, there is nothing here to co-sponsor. in fact i made very clear as we were drafting its that i did not want to have the specific legislation in here. when we first started off my critical minerals bill was in here, which i usually supported, but this is -- if this is really a conversation starter, let's allow it to be just that. there is nothing predetermine, preordained, nothing determined in there. what i wanted to do was developing these discrete pieces of legislation where i go to my colleagues and ask for their specific support and i hope that they will take a look at it and there will be initiatives that will look at and say -- hey, coming from this perspective, i ha
u.s. your republican colleagues on the committee to join you, buy or -- you have asked your republican colleagues on the committee to join you -- why or why not? [inaudible] >> first of all, i did not ask members to join me because i am not advancing legislation here. it is not like i will call them up to be a co-sponsor, there is nothing here to co-sponsor. in fact i made very clear as we were drafting its that i did not want to have the specific legislation in here. when we first...
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he is a retired u.s. diplomat with a distinguished record, including service in the middle east but also did major global power like russia and india, who are playing very interesting roles in the evolving to thomas e. over iran. welcome. and along with time we have our own kenneth pollack, senior fellow in the center, and ken is finishing a book right now on the challenge of iran, which you will be able to look for in books first later this year. we're happy to have ken with us to provide comments on this topic as well. what we will do is we will have a bit of a conversation up here, and then we will open it up for questions from before. -- from the four. why don't we jumped right in with some of these recent developments. there is not a date set for the next round of international negotiations to be held in a distinguished diplomatic capital. one wonders if that quieter location will allow distance from the glare of the cameras. do you expend much progress -- what you expect from these long- awaited tal
he is a retired u.s. diplomat with a distinguished record, including service in the middle east but also did major global power like russia and india, who are playing very interesting roles in the evolving to thomas e. over iran. welcome. and along with time we have our own kenneth pollack, senior fellow in the center, and ken is finishing a book right now on the challenge of iran, which you will be able to look for in books first later this year. we're happy to have ken with us to provide...
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guest: the u.s. government is allegedly behind the seven attack in iran that destroyed several thousand nuclear centrifuges a year -- centrifuges a couple years ago. we spy on other governments. we spy on other countries create but we are not using the nsa to spy on chinese businesses. other countries are going to look at our astronauts. -- at our espionage. >> from twitter -- and this op-ed from the commentary section. a smack down on china's side for thieves. he also points out that this is not the first time that china has been caught doing this, going back to early in the last decade. an investigation revealed that -- guest: that is what we were talking about. if you have been paying attention dissever security, you have been watching this go on for the last decade or more. companies that were working on the f35 program, and then last fall we saw something produced in china that looked an awful lot like an f35. you cannot directly to be that to the hacking of the program. it just looks like it. h
guest: the u.s. government is allegedly behind the seven attack in iran that destroyed several thousand nuclear centrifuges a year -- centrifuges a couple years ago. we spy on other governments. we spy on other countries create but we are not using the nsa to spy on chinese businesses. other countries are going to look at our astronauts. -- at our espionage. >> from twitter -- and this op-ed from the commentary section. a smack down on china's side for thieves. he also points out that...
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the report shows that u.s. treasury department approved over wildly inappropriate pay packages of $3 million or more. $3 million or more, for over half of the top 25 employees at certain bailed out wall street banks. executive compensation at a.i.g. is particularly disturbing given that the federal government financed $182.3 billion bailout of that company. in 2012, a.i.g.'s top c.e.o. was paid $10.5 million, and all but one of a.i.g.'s top 25 employees received compensation of more than $2 million. that one a.i.g. executive who once paid less than $ million, received $700,000 in total compensation. well over 1,000 times more than the average american household. mr. speaker, isn't it time for wall street and the treasury department to wake up and stop abusing the assistance they received from the taxpayer? isn't it time for the department of justice to prosecute? i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. hoyer: i ask unanimous consent to speak
the report shows that u.s. treasury department approved over wildly inappropriate pay packages of $3 million or more. $3 million or more, for over half of the top 25 employees at certain bailed out wall street banks. executive compensation at a.i.g. is particularly disturbing given that the federal government financed $182.3 billion bailout of that company. in 2012, a.i.g.'s top c.e.o. was paid $10.5 million, and all but one of a.i.g.'s top 25 employees received compensation of more than $2...
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u.s. plans to withdraw from afghanistan with plans to keep a number of troops stationed in pakistan. wondering how that whole situation would be affected if pakistan were to some regional parties and how relations between the countries would be affected? >> the expectation is that pakistan is going to go through what i would call a vertical meltdown. it will not officially become a failed state, but when organs of the state start acting on their own, and at the height of pakistani integrity of the nation, you can imagine when the country starts to disintegrate in -- at various levels, what we are going to see in terms of proliferation and involvement of pakistan in all sorts of things which are against our interests. i think that the whole issue of india-pakistan would be exacerbated as a result of the potential of pakistani involvement in the middle east, which is also something which is almost obvious. the saudis did finance them, and they do have a prior agreement with them, things that
u.s. plans to withdraw from afghanistan with plans to keep a number of troops stationed in pakistan. wondering how that whole situation would be affected if pakistan were to some regional parties and how relations between the countries would be affected? >> the expectation is that pakistan is going to go through what i would call a vertical meltdown. it will not officially become a failed state, but when organs of the state start acting on their own, and at the height of pakistani...
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for example, even though u.s. banks are stronger financially than european banks, frequently u.s. banks have wider credit default swap spreads indicating a higher probability of actual failure because the differences between u.s. and europe in terms of government proceeds government support. so that's the process. that's the plan. there have been additional ideas such as, you know, separate -- essentially doing glass/steagall again, separating the commercial banking and investment banking activities. we're doing that to some extent, for example, with the volcker rule, but i don't think glass/steagall by itself would be all that helpful because in the crisis, some of the firms that failed were straight investment banks and some of the firms in trouble were straight commercial banks. so i'm open to discussing additional measures, but the plan is to impose costs on the largest banks to make them internalize their systemic imprint to develop a liquidation authority and strengthen the overall system. and overtime that ought to improve the situation. but if it doesn't, i think we ought
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so the u.s. marshals use dogs to protect federal judges. the federal protective services use dogs to keep bombs out of federal buildings. the tsa uses dogs to keep bombs off of airplanes. fema uses dogs to find survivors after hurricanes. there are 32 k-9 teams in the field right now in new york and new jersey looking for survivors of hurricane sandy. so, in situation after situation, the government has in a sense put its money where its mouth is, and it believes at an institutional level that these dogs are quite reliable. and i think the courts -- >> do you -- i'm not sure it's relevant, but do dogs -- does their ability --26 is it even across the board? in other words, if you have a dog that's trained and good at sniffing out heroin, the same dog is going to be good at detecting a bomb, or is there some difference? >> no, there -- well, i think any dog could be trained in either discipline. and if you look at the scientific working group on detection dogs report that we cite in our brief, the report explains that the same general methodo
so the u.s. marshals use dogs to protect federal judges. the federal protective services use dogs to keep bombs out of federal buildings. the tsa uses dogs to keep bombs off of airplanes. fema uses dogs to find survivors after hurricanes. there are 32 k-9 teams in the field right now in new york and new jersey looking for survivors of hurricane sandy. so, in situation after situation, the government has in a sense put its money where its mouth is, and it believes at an institutional level that...
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u.s. airways is headquartered in phoenix. guest: they had better keep those slots in the national airports so i can continue to fly direct. i am pretty parochial as far as that is concerned. but u.s. airways has been great for the state and great for maricopa county. i do not want to get in the middle of that. host: do you think the judiciary committee will have to look at it? it depends on how it is structured. i am sure taking that into account. there are good people involved in negotiations. i will let them finish their work. host: at this point, would you support it? guest: yes. i think everybody is negotiating in good faith. host: i last call comes from st. paul, minnesota on are a legal immigrants line. good morning. you are on c-span. caller: good morning. host: tell us your story. caller: my question -- some comments, and then a question. for someone who is a legal, -- illegal, who comes to this country thinking about working and has four kids, my oldest one is eight years old -- 18 years old. she needs to go to congr
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they have been passed and sat here in the u.s. senate with no action and we have suggestions by the president, suggestions by our friends on the other side of the aisle, but they can't be scored suggestions by the president, suggestions by our have any idea what c.b.o. would think about those. let me just say this. there's a lot of revisionist history when it comes to this period that i participated in as a member of the house of representatives, where we actually had budget surpluses on the federal level. you would think for the chair's opening statement that president clinton came into office in 1993, proposed balanced budgets, got those balanced budgets and we had eight years of relative fiscal since in the federal government. the fact is, is it not, that president clinton in 1993, 1994 and 1995, proposed in all of those years deficit spending as far as the eye can see, is that correct? >> i think that's right, but my recollection of those budgets -- >> that's my recollection. 1995 budget proposed by president clinton, who take
they have been passed and sat here in the u.s. senate with no action and we have suggestions by the president, suggestions by our friends on the other side of the aisle, but they can't be scored suggestions by the president, suggestions by our have any idea what c.b.o. would think about those. let me just say this. there's a lot of revisionist history when it comes to this period that i participated in as a member of the house of representatives, where we actually had budget surpluses on the...
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how many cases were presented to u.s. attorneys for suspected straw purchasers last year that were declined prosecution? >> senator, i don't know exactly protecting get that information for you, but i don't have a specific -- i don't know exactly. i can get that information for you, but i don't have a specific number. >> i will appreciate your answer in writing. thank you. the title of today's hearing is "proposal to reduce gun violence -- protecting communities while respecting the second amendment." your testimony makes no mention of the second amendment, so, question -- has the department of justice taken any position on the constitutionality of the second and then on legislation pending before the senate that would ban so-called assault weapons? >> the department of justice and the administration understands the impact of the heller decision, which found that americans have a fundamental second amendment right to self- defense but i believe that the heller decision admits reasonable restrictions on that right. without
how many cases were presented to u.s. attorneys for suspected straw purchasers last year that were declined prosecution? >> senator, i don't know exactly protecting get that information for you, but i don't have a specific -- i don't know exactly. i can get that information for you, but i don't have a specific number. >> i will appreciate your answer in writing. thank you. the title of today's hearing is "proposal to reduce gun violence -- protecting communities while...
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i think the u.s. government has to respect these governments right to in fact enforce their laws appropriately. we don't want to have these individuals being held in september of custody that is extra judicial. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator rubio. >> thank you madam chairman. thank you mr. brennan for your testimony today. one thing i think we heard from a number of my colleagues and we had this discussion when we discuss the committee study on the tension interrogation is how should you be confirmed, how we ensure the cia director is always one to be well-informed? particularly, question you today about a number of key sensitive programs. the nature of the agency's work is a lot of these programs, and knees to be some ability to measure objectively -- there needs to be some ability to measure objectively. while this is not the setting to talk about the any individual, and guess what i am interested in pursuing the conversation started about how he might set up systems so to the best extent poss
i think the u.s. government has to respect these governments right to in fact enforce their laws appropriately. we don't want to have these individuals being held in september of custody that is extra judicial. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator rubio. >> thank you madam chairman. thank you mr. brennan for your testimony today. one thing i think we heard from a number of my colleagues and we had this discussion when we discuss the committee study on the tension interrogation...
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when i found out that in our u.s. prisons, it's open information, we provide not only a koran that's never been touched by american hands but also an arrow on the floor pointing the direction that islamic prisoner would want to pray and give them a prayer rug. and i asked sam, when you were in hanoi, did you have a prayer rug and a bible? was that part of your faith -- if that was part of your faith? he said, what we had was a tiny rod placed on the floor, our feet in shackles, we would be beat on the back until we dropped and our knees -- my knees would hit that tiny rod. doesn't sound like much but when you spend our -- hours or days with your knees and all your weight on a tiny rod on the floor, it gets pretty unbearable. and that was some of the less torturous stuff this man went through on our behalf. part of his service to this country is -- are his children and grarne. it is with great sadness i know sam and shirley and this country lost bob johnson. plano high school, texas a&m, his children and grandchildren.
when i found out that in our u.s. prisons, it's open information, we provide not only a koran that's never been touched by american hands but also an arrow on the floor pointing the direction that islamic prisoner would want to pray and give them a prayer rug. and i asked sam, when you were in hanoi, did you have a prayer rug and a bible? was that part of your faith -- if that was part of your faith? he said, what we had was a tiny rod placed on the floor, our feet in shackles, we would be beat...
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supreme court in u.s. vs. laura which said that in fact if this body voted we could in fact confer upon native americans the authority to give them plenary power to enact legislation to relax restrictions on tribal sovereign authority. . we have the power to allow them to enforce necessaryic violence laws and rape laws on their land. and we so need it, madam speaker, because if you are a tribal woman, a member of a tribe, say for example the band river chippewa in my state and you were raped on native land, tribes don't have any authority over that perpetrator if he's a nonindian, even if he's your husband. the local police in that area don't have any authority. the county sheriff doesn't have any authority. the state trooper can't come in and arrest them. and the only person that has any authority over that non-indian is some federal agent in madison, wisconsin, 500 miles away. which is why there has been a 67% declination of prosecutions of sexual assault. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has e
supreme court in u.s. vs. laura which said that in fact if this body voted we could in fact confer upon native americans the authority to give them plenary power to enact legislation to relax restrictions on tribal sovereign authority. . we have the power to allow them to enforce necessaryic violence laws and rape laws on their land. and we so need it, madam speaker, because if you are a tribal woman, a member of a tribe, say for example the band river chippewa in my state and you were raped on...
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speaker, i rise today to acknowledge the u.s. department of justice for finally taking some substantive action against one of the credit rating agencies, standard & poor's, for its role in causing the greatest economic crisis since the great depression. when wall street's housing bubble burst in twain, it sent shock waves through our economy. that shock wave may not have been so destructive as credit rating agencies like standard & poor's did not create fraud. rather than assessing real risk and do diligence on the securities, standard & poor's invented a system of defrauding investors by providing the highest rating as long as the clients paid standard & poor's enough money. if standard & poor's actually rated the mortgage securities for what they were truly worth, our entire banking system and economy may not have collapsed. while the department of justice should be praised for taking some action, other rating agencies were left out of the case. and the fact is justice's case is only a civil one not a criminal one. that tells y
speaker, i rise today to acknowledge the u.s. department of justice for finally taking some substantive action against one of the credit rating agencies, standard & poor's, for its role in causing the greatest economic crisis since the great depression. when wall street's housing bubble burst in twain, it sent shock waves through our economy. that shock wave may not have been so destructive as credit rating agencies like standard & poor's did not create fraud. rather than assessing real...
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u.s.-bound northwest airlines flight on christmas day, 2009. british intelligence authorities had notified their u.s. counterparts of a, quote, meeting with al qaeda cleric in yemen. and farooq's father had warned of his son's increasing extremism to c.i.a. officials at the u.s. embassy in nigeria. however, farooq was never added to the u.s. no-fly list, nor was his u.s. visa revoked. but for, as i understand it, him sweating too much around his poss tear year -- posterior that helped defuse the bomb and the work of heroic passengers to stop him once he tried, the crew was -- the passengers were safe, but it was certainly no thanks to the obama administration or mr. brennan. back to the article. patrick says, following this stunning and nearly fatal intelligence failure, which prompted members of both the house and senate intelligence oversight committees to call for his resignation, brennan lashed out at the obama administration's critics. in "usa today" editorial, he claimed that the quo
u.s.-bound northwest airlines flight on christmas day, 2009. british intelligence authorities had notified their u.s. counterparts of a, quote, meeting with al qaeda cleric in yemen. and farooq's father had warned of his son's increasing extremism to c.i.a. officials at the u.s. embassy in nigeria. however, farooq was never added to the u.s. no-fly list, nor was his u.s. visa revoked. but for, as i understand it, him sweating too much around his poss tear year -- posterior that helped defuse...
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since 2010, the u.s. has added over a half a million manufacturing jobs. mr. kildee: that's progress. but in a time where millions of americans continue to struggle, we can and must do more. congress should be working every day to rebuild our economy and create good-paying jobs right here in america not overseas. that's why i support the make it in america agenda, which will strengthen manufacturing and rebuild our infrastructure. it will also maintain our nation's leadership in innovation and educate a 21st century work force. the make it in america agenda is a real jobs plan for this country. democrats stand ready to act. mr. speaker, my constituents and all americans cannot wait any longer. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate o
since 2010, the u.s. has added over a half a million manufacturing jobs. mr. kildee: that's progress. but in a time where millions of americans continue to struggle, we can and must do more. congress should be working every day to rebuild our economy and create good-paying jobs right here in america not overseas. that's why i support the make it in america agenda, which will strengthen manufacturing and rebuild our infrastructure. it will also maintain our nation's leadership in innovation and...
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the u.s. banking system has been resilient. any your, it is more dominated by these large megabanks that are enormous. maybe it is a source of strength for the american economy. host: garden city, new york. hello. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have a question. i would like to look at -- actually, if your guest can talk about at a more granular level, yes, personal income has increased. can you break it down to how much of that increase came from interest income, stocks, etc., versus people who are just middle to lower middle class who just get their personal income from their salaries? guest: you have a chart here taking a look at investment income. host: it talks about personal income receipts guest: this looks at interest and dividend income. interest rates are still quite low. interest income is low. dividend income has been improving as corporate profits have returned and so forth. if you look at the chart, we are below the level we were at before the recession. there was an increased in 2012 of 3.8%. it accounted
the u.s. banking system has been resilient. any your, it is more dominated by these large megabanks that are enormous. maybe it is a source of strength for the american economy. host: garden city, new york. hello. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have a question. i would like to look at -- actually, if your guest can talk about at a more granular level, yes, personal income has increased. can you break it down to how much of that increase came from interest income, stocks, etc., versus...
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the u.s. house to gavel back in. they should be in shortly to resume debate, to vote on the rule for the re-authorization, the violence against women act. the house will be coming in momentarily. we will have live coverage when they do. elsewhere on capitol hill today, the senate judiciary committee held a hearing looking at proposed legislation in the senate on gun violence. here's part of that hearing from this morning. we cannot allow the carnage that i described to continue without taking action on what is a serious matter of public policy. and that's why i have joined with many of my colleagues, some on this committee, senator schumer, durbin, whitehouse, klobuchar, franken, blumenthal and hirono as well as many others off the committee to introduce legislation to prohibit the sale, transfer, manufacture and importation of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. as the members of this committee know, we enacted a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines which i authored in
the u.s. house to gavel back in. they should be in shortly to resume debate, to vote on the rule for the re-authorization, the violence against women act. the house will be coming in momentarily. we will have live coverage when they do. elsewhere on capitol hill today, the senate judiciary committee held a hearing looking at proposed legislation in the senate on gun violence. here's part of that hearing from this morning. we cannot allow the carnage that i described to continue without taking...
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that is from the u.s. chamber of commerce in washington. among the speakers, the educational secretary in george w. bush's second term. > host: we take a look at how your taxpayer dollars are being spent. on this presidents day, we will focus on presidents and what sort of benefits they get after they leave office. let's begin with a history. when did taxpayers start paying for these benefits for presidents after they leave office? guest: the act was enacted in 1958. the idea occurred around 1912. andrew carnegie decided he wanted to use his foundation to pay about $25,000 a year in pensions to former presidents. the first former president that would have been able to use that $25,000 happened to be his friend taft. taft did not need the money. he was a professor at yale. he became the supreme court justice. he had to walk a delicate balance of telling his friend thanks but no thanks and decided not to accept it. andrew carnegie and never articulated why he wanted to pay the pension. members of congress thought it might be a kick to say may
that is from the u.s. chamber of commerce in washington. among the speakers, the educational secretary in george w. bush's second term. > host: we take a look at how your taxpayer dollars are being spent. on this presidents day, we will focus on presidents and what sort of benefits they get after they leave office. let's begin with a history. when did taxpayers start paying for these benefits for presidents after they leave office? guest: the act was enacted in 1958. the idea occurred around...
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the u.s. house has gaveled back in to begin debate on president obama to submit to congress a proposal for balancing the budget over the next 10 years. live coverage here on c-span. the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2-b of rule 18, declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill, h.r. 444, to require that, if the president's fiscal year 2014 budget does not achieve balance in a fiscal year covered by such budget, the president shall submit a supplemental unified budget by april 1, 2013, which identifies a fiscal year in which balanced is you a -- balance is achieved and for other purposes. the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. general debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided among and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on the budget or their respective designees.
the u.s. house has gaveled back in to begin debate on president obama to submit to congress a proposal for balancing the budget over the next 10 years. live coverage here on c-span. the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2-b of rule 18, declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill, h.r. 444, to require that, if the president's fiscal year 2014 budget does not achieve balance in a fiscal year covered by such budget, the...
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agent killed, two u.s. marshals killed, air traffic controller to put the safety for my family and your family and our constituents as they fly through the sky, the n.i.h. my family has been devastated my cancer. my father died at cancer. my mother died of cancer and it's impacted on my family. dr. collins, who mapped the human genome system that will save many of you and your lives and your sons and daughters because of basically following that system, working on liver cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, which my mom died off. dr. collins and his team will have been frozen for three years. nasa, we just went through the 10th anniversary of the challenger explosion. those astronauts that sit on that rocket, those and now in the future, if you have a nasa facility in your district and they sit on that rocket to go up, they froze for three years. firefighters out in the west when the storms come this summer and they are coming, the firefighters you call on them and beg them to come in and
agent killed, two u.s. marshals killed, air traffic controller to put the safety for my family and your family and our constituents as they fly through the sky, the n.i.h. my family has been devastated my cancer. my father died at cancer. my mother died of cancer and it's impacted on my family. dr. collins, who mapped the human genome system that will save many of you and your lives and your sons and daughters because of basically following that system, working on liver cancer, prostate cancer,...
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i have been to afghanistan twice and once i served -- 40 years ago this month i went into the u.s. army and served 13 months in korea. it divided my training in memphis. two years in the military and come back and finish my education there. but we spend $1 million per soldier per year to keep a soldier in afghanistan and i support the president in leaving afghanistan. but that will save a lot of money. your fire and police, i was a mayor. your fire and police are paid for by local dollars and we don't have a state income tax in tennessee, just sales taxes. and that's how we found our local police and fire. host: robert, independent line. caller: good morning. mr. roe, in the first section of the constitution, i think is article 7 or 8 there, it states that the house of representatives will solely, just them, have the obligation to raise taxes when the revenue is needed. and it doesn't say anything about cuts but just raising. you all have an obligation to the citizens of the united states, all of them, not just the wealthy ones and to raise taxes on the people that have the money a
i have been to afghanistan twice and once i served -- 40 years ago this month i went into the u.s. army and served 13 months in korea. it divided my training in memphis. two years in the military and come back and finish my education there. but we spend $1 million per soldier per year to keep a soldier in afghanistan and i support the president in leaving afghanistan. but that will save a lot of money. your fire and police, i was a mayor. your fire and police are paid for by local dollars and...
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he's a u.s. army veteran and 40-year veteran of the american legion in drigs, idaho, and 22 years in his current home of rigby, idaho. he leads in his duties, have included terms as post commander, vice commander. for the past six years, he's acted as the department of idaho's chaplain. he's a retired printer and mail clerk, former county coroner, e.m.t. and firefighter. recognizing this latter service, the american legion named him idaho's firefighter of the year in 1987. he was ordained to the ministry in 1979 through the solid rock pentacostal church and continues to serve in various acts of ministry. he and his wife of 40 years, bird, have two sons, a daughter and nine grandchildren. i'd like to welcome the chaplain and thank him for his dedication and outstanding service to god and country. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair asks for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. johns
he's a u.s. army veteran and 40-year veteran of the american legion in drigs, idaho, and 22 years in his current home of rigby, idaho. he leads in his duties, have included terms as post commander, vice commander. for the past six years, he's acted as the department of idaho's chaplain. he's a retired printer and mail clerk, former county coroner, e.m.t. and firefighter. recognizing this latter service, the american legion named him idaho's firefighter of the year in 1987. he was ordained to...
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the u.s. house is in recess until 1:30 eastern when members return they will continue working on a bill that would continue a pay freeze for federal workers. it's been in effect since 2010. president obama issued an executive order allowing a half percent pay increase which would get under way march 27. and can you see live coverage of the house when members return. again that will be at 1:30 eastern right here on c-span. short time ago house speaker john boehner held his weekly briefing answering reporters' questions. here's a look. >> happy valentine's day. in two weeks we'll haval storied ceremony here in the united states capitol. the house and senate leaders will gather to unveil a statue of civil rights icon rosa parks. this will be the first statue of a african-american woman to be placed here in the capitol. and i can't think of a more fitting honor for a great american hero who still inspires us all. on tuesday the president laid out his agenda, and it's one i largely disagreed with.
the u.s. house is in recess until 1:30 eastern when members return they will continue working on a bill that would continue a pay freeze for federal workers. it's been in effect since 2010. president obama issued an executive order allowing a half percent pay increase which would get under way march 27. and can you see live coverage of the house when members return. again that will be at 1:30 eastern right here on c-span. short time ago house speaker john boehner held his weekly briefing...
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host: the number of mass shootings in the u.s. since 2000, 14. the number of perpetrators to use the high-capacity magazine during an assault, 14. mr. pratt, why no limits on the size of the magazine, how many bullets you can store? guest: well, and limit on the size of the magazine means that there would be a limit on how much of a self defense you would be able to bring about. and i think that is the part of overlooked. again, the clinton justice department found that some 4,000 + times a day an american uses of firearms to defend himself. typically, the firearm is not even have to get fired. it is enough for the assailant to realize that, uh-oh, i do not plan on that, and they typically fully when they see it. but when you're in a situation where your life is being threatened, the idea that you should only be able to have six, or new york state, seven rounds, or what ever some politician may arbitrarily decide is enough, that is really kind of evil, to tell somebody that your life is over when you run out of bullets and we're going to tell you
host: the number of mass shootings in the u.s. since 2000, 14. the number of perpetrators to use the high-capacity magazine during an assault, 14. mr. pratt, why no limits on the size of the magazine, how many bullets you can store? guest: well, and limit on the size of the magazine means that there would be a limit on how much of a self defense you would be able to bring about. and i think that is the part of overlooked. again, the clinton justice department found that some 4,000 + times a day...
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as former u.s. secretary of education bill bennett has said, quote, as a nation we simply must get this message to schools, businesses, corporations, state departments of education, governors and beyond. stem education is an urgent need for our nation. we cannot continue to graduate students ill prepared for our nation's economic necessities on their own, unquote. mr. speaker, we believe that this proposed academic competition will inspire and encourage young innovators and better equip our youth to compete in today's global economy. far too often i would note this house seems to be unable to come to agreement on ways to solve america's challenges and i know on this issue we all agree, this is a bipartisan effort, we all love our children, we all want them to succeed. we want them to reach their full potential and we certainly want to honor their hard work as they reach toward a brighter future so i would urge all of my colleagues, mr. speaker, to join me in supporting this small step toward that br
as former u.s. secretary of education bill bennett has said, quote, as a nation we simply must get this message to schools, businesses, corporations, state departments of education, governors and beyond. stem education is an urgent need for our nation. we cannot continue to graduate students ill prepared for our nation's economic necessities on their own, unquote. mr. speaker, we believe that this proposed academic competition will inspire and encourage young innovators and better equip our...